Tim Heidecker has released a new song aimed at online marketing brand FuckJerry. The song, titled “Fuck Fuck Jerry,” is a melodic ballad that targets the social media agency behind the disastrous Fyre Festival, Jerry Media, and its founder Elliot Tebele. While Jerry Media was hired to promote Fyre Fest, …
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Jussie Smollett issued a statement Friday, the Empire actor’s first public comments since he was the attack victim in a possible hate crime earlier this week in Chicago. “Let me start by saying that I’m OK,” Smollett said in a statement to Essence. “My body is strong but my soul …
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Imagine being invited to the White House for dinner. You pack your best suit or dress and fly up to Washington, D.C. The day of the dinner, the president announces to reporters that he will be serving you fast food. He seems really excited about it.“I think we’re going to …
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Whitey Shafer, the songwriter of numerous hits for George Strait, Lefty Frizzell, Moe Bandy and others, died on Saturday following a long illness, family friend Corey Frizzell has confirmed. He was 84. Born Sanger D. Shafer on October 24th, 1934, in Whitney, Texas, Shafer grew up in a gospel-singing family …
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WASHINGTON — In the early 1900s, the grandmother of Julián Castro crossed the border from Mexico to the U.S. as a seven-year-old and an orphan, her future uncertain. She found work as a maid in the city of San Antonio, working various jobs and raising her daughter and later her …
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Deciphering where serious Drake speculation starts and Drake fan fiction ends can be an incomprehensible process — people on the internet just love talking about Drake. With the release of Gesaffelstein’s “Lost in the Fire,” featuring one-time Drake protégéThe Weeknd, another beef that is likely unsubstantiated has been launched into …
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The new trailer for Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened offers a behind-the-scenes look at the incredible con that culminated in one of the most disastrous musical events in recent history. The film is set to arrive on Netflix January 18th. The clip rehashes the nuts-and-bolts of the story, …
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Boogie is good. Coldplay circa 2002 is…fine. I guess, potentially great if you’re Jay-Z. Nevertheless, the Compton rapper’s “Silent Ride” video looks very similar to Coldplay’s classic video of Chris Martin walking backward through the streets like a psycho person and the Pharcyde’s “Drop.”“Silent Ride” is a narrative told in …
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Dan + Shay put an exclamation point on an already big week with their debut appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night, performing the multi-week Number One smash “Speechless.” Written by members Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney with Jordan Reynolds and Laura Veltz, the song — from the …
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Spotify celebrated its 10th birthday in October — making it, by modern measures, a veteran tech company, long past the scrappy startup phase of existence. It’s gotten there by being very good at knowing what it does best. Now, to reach the next stages of profitability and long-term success, it …
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